CVE-2023-43359
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in CMSmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute...
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in CMSmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the Page Specific Metadata and Smarty data parameters in the Content Manager Menu component.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in CMSmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the Page Specific Metadata and Smarty data parameters in the Content Manager Menu component.
- Record
CVE-2023-43359- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in CMSmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the Page Specific Metadata and Smarty data parameters in the Content Manager Menu component.
- Record
CVE-2023-43359- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-47776 No score
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in CMSmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the Page Specific Metadata and Smarty data parameters in the Content Manager Menu component.
- Record
EUVD-2023-47776- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3pg9-8r34-25v2
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in CMSmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute...
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in CMSmadesimple v.2.2.18 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the Page Specific Metadata and Smarty data parameters in the Content Manager Menu component.
- Record
GHSA-3pg9-8r34-25v2- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | sromanhu/CVE-2023-43359-CMSmadesimple-Stored-XSS----Content-Manager | 2023-09-17 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-43359 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published October 19, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.